I forgot to mention my thoughts regarding the girl who asked about anger being a common response to the "deconditioning process" from a parent's religion. I really think Dawkins should read up on psychology some if he's actually interested in this question. I think the stages of dealing with death and dying have been universally accepted in the psychological community to apply equally as well to any sort of major loss or highly significant change in one's life. While the loss of religious conditioning may not seem to be such a bad thing, it is a major loss, and also a major life change, nonetheless.
The stages are: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance. Any of these may apply in any order, and they tend to fluctuate back and forth for most people. I think it is also important to note that the same process would apply for the parents of said budding atheist when and/or if the atheist in question "comes out."
I should not forget to credit the late and great Elizabeth Kubbler-Ross (sp?) for her work on death and dying, as she is the one who came up with these stages in the first place. She is also to credit for the founding of the hospice movement in America.
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Date: 2006-11-14 04:24 am (UTC)The stages are: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance. Any of these may apply in any order, and they tend to fluctuate back and forth for most people. I think it is also important to note that the same process would apply for the parents of said budding atheist when and/or if the atheist in question "comes out."
I should not forget to credit the late and great Elizabeth Kubbler-Ross (sp?) for her work on death and dying, as she is the one who came up with these stages in the first place. She is also to credit for the founding of the hospice movement in America.